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The calculation about supporting Akin remains “pretty much a business decision,” Cornyn said in comments confirmed by his staff.

“I just think any money we would have to spend there (in Missouri) would be money we would have to pull away from other close races around the country which I think have a greater probability of electing a Republican senator.”

The gridlock in American politics is worse than ever, and two respected, nonpartisan political analysts say Republican politicians in D.C. are to blame.

“We have been studying Washington politics and Congress for more than 40 years, and never have we seen them this dysfunctional. In our past writings, we have criticized both parties when we believed it was warranted. Today, however, we have no choice but to acknowledge that the core of the problem lies with the Republican Party,” they write.